Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գաղթ (gałtʻ)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

գաղթ (gaġtʻ)

  1. migration, emigration, immigration

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Back-formation from the oblique cases and compounds of գաղութ (gałutʻ), the oblique stem and combining form of which is գաղթ- (gałtʻ-).[1][2]

Noun edit

գաղթ (gałtʻ)

  1. emigration, flight
  2. (collectively) colonists, settlers, refugees

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: գաղթ (gaġtʻ)

References edit

  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 302
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաղթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 505ab

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “գաղթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 524a
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “գաղթ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 201a
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “գաղթ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 340b
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գաղթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 109b